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Kastor is a great solid goat, FS88 (VEEG) @ 05-02. She has E's in Rear Legs & Rump. She also has V's in Shoulder Assembly & Back. Kastor could use improvements in Fore Udder Attachment, Rear Udder Height, Head, Front Legs & Feet. Kastor does not have a "Show" udder, but she is awesome on the milk stand. Tonic is just beautiful. He just has the worst luck trying to get a full appraisal. Our appraiser in 2025 just could not get over how exceptional he is. In 2023 he was appraised under code 99. He received E's in Head, Back, Rump and a V in Rear Legs. He just keeps getting better.

We have never bred Kastor to Tonic. Kastor & Tonic have similar strengths, so I have paired them with partners with complementary strengths in the past. I have been pairing Tonic to the wrong does in my herd and getting mixed results, as his Type Eval shows. I have a hunch this is going to be nice match. Neither was able to be appraised in 2025 due to tattoo issues. I was very disappointed, but it was entirely my fault for not double checking that their tattoos were not too faded. These are my top scoring Linear goats in the herd. Lola, Kastor's paternal sister, however, might just eclipse them both at her next appraisal.

Kastor was bred on Oct 15 to Lotus by AI. She short cycled and was live covered by Tonic at on October 21st. Kastor came back into heat on Nov 10th and was bred to Tonic. She did not short cycle after the 10th. Kastor has settled. This will likely be Kastor & Tonic's last hurrah. We are retiring both from breeding in 2026. Kastor is not settling on the first try anymore and Tonic's fertility has been slowly declining. We have plenty of Tonic straws in the tank to use in the future. Hoping for a doe to retain as Kastor's replacement. Kastor represents the materinal side of our Grinny Line. Her materinal brother, Sol's granddaughters were our two top performing First Freshners in 2025. It has been a surprise, how well our Grinny Line has done in our herd. Grinny was not what you'd you call a strong canidate for a founding line. Another lesson learned.

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We are so lucky to be able to breed Lola for 2026 kids. She has fully recovered from a terrible shoulder injury she sustained in 2025. Our Linear Appraiser, said she would not have noticed the injury if we had not pointed it out. This is a Linear Breeding. These kids will milk, will be show quality & will have the sweetest temperaments. Rapha's first two crops of kids are consistently Long in Body, Leggy w/Nice Rear Arches & are almost always Moonspotted. His first FF Yearling daughter appraised FS83 (GGGG) @ 01-07 in 2025. These kids will however, be slow to mature as both of their parents are from late blooming lines. As these kids will be born so close to the National Show at the end of June, I have a feeling we will just hold on to all of them till the Fall before deciding who to keep. If you are looking for a Herd Sire or a Show Quality Milker Message us. Special consideration & Discount to Show & Performance Homes.

As this is a Linear Breeding, this is what we are hoping to achieve. Lola could use more Rump Width and more blended Fore-Udder transition. Rapha scored a 42 in Rump Width & his dam has a 34 in Fore Udder & 33 in Udder Depth. I would also like to see a bit more Udder Depth in Lola's kids. Lola's udder is her strongest asset, but it has not been appraised since she was two in 2021. FYI, she had to be dried off in 2023 due to Milk Stones & in 2025 due to Shoulder Injury on the reccomendation of our vet. At her sixth freshening, at six years old w/sextuplets her udder was just fantastic. She would have been able to nurse all six!

Rapha is a sweet young buck. His pedigree is without question, impeccable. He has a pedigree full of great Linear Scores, Show Wins, Superior Genetics, Elite Status, and PTI/ETA scores over 100. He is linebred NC PROMISEDLAND MG DIVA. He did very well for a young immature buck at our 2025 Linear Appraisal. We were very pleased with his FS86 (VVV ) with E's in Head, Rear Legs & Back. He is nicely balanced with Body Depth: 33, Strength: 34, Dairyness: 35. As a two-year-old, Rapha's scores indicated he could use improvement in Front Legs, Shoulder Assembly & Feet. Lola scored E in Front Legs, V in Shoulder Assembly & V in Feet at our 2025 Appraisal. Lola's Paternal Sister is Kastor, who scored a FS88 (VEEG) 05-02 at our 2023 Appraisal was bred to Rapha with beautiful results. These kids are going to be awesome!

This breeding is going to be exciting. Tickety is young so it is hard to know if we have achieved what I was hoping for when we bred for him. We really like how he is coming along at 8 months olds. Nice looking little buckling. Tickety's Dam is our sweet Lola. Lola has the worst timing for Appraising but has absolutley the best udder in my herd. She just appraised under Code 99 and blew us away with her Structural Scores of E & V. She does have a weakness, and that is her Rump. She was bred to Cox to improve her Rump Width and possibly of add a bit of fore-udder refinement. Cox's Dam, Wood Bridge Farm 22K GOLD is the 2021 ADGA National Champion.

Tickety was shown for the first time at the Wicked Early Spring Show, 5/23/26. There were 20 buck registered in the 1-2 Year old Class. Think there were 16 in the class. He placed: 1st Ring - 5th, 2nd Ring - 6th, 3rd Ring - 5th. Judges seemed to like his nice rear leg anglulation and rump. We are really excited for him, he is such a nice sweet young buck. He is a natural in the ring & he was so well behaved. He even beat a few 2 year olds! If Tickety stays under height we will continue to show him, he really seems to like it.

Selene is also a young, immature and very dairy doe, but she scored a FS83 (GGGG) in 2025 as a FF Yearling @ 86 DIM. She has just so much potential and has already eclipsed her dam. Selene's dam did not start to shine until four in her 3rd freshening. Selene is going to be one of those does just gets better with age. At her 2nd freshening this year I am actually just blown away with how her udder is maturing. Her medial is comming in nicely & it seems she has a bit more fore-udder this year. Her teat placement was nice as a FF but it has gotten even better as a 2F. I can't wait to get her on the stand once we wean her kids. Based on Selene's udder I doubt I will be offering up any of her 1/2 sisters out of our Lola when she kids. Lola is Tickety's dam.

It is always tough when breeding immature, unproven younsters. For this match we own or have owned the following: Dam, Sire, DS, DD, SD, DDS, SDS, DDD, SDD, DDSD, SDSD, DDDS, DDDD & DDDDD. So feeling like we have a handle on this matches genetics. Gonna just have to trust the numbers & lineage behind this breeding.This breeding combines the lines of two of my favorite does, who happen to be first cousins. They are also out of my top performing milk lines. Brewfm Laia & Brewfm Lola were bestie bottle babies. That sister bond continued till we sold Laia and her daughter Moon in 2024. These kids will have everything we breed for Temperment, Strong Maternal Instincts, Solid No Fuss Milking Does, Structuraly Correct & COI under 4%. We can't wait to meet these kids, it will be hard to let any of them go. Selene was also covered by our buck Tanqueray. We do plan on keeping a doe from Tickey & Tanqueray. Gold Kid's sire can only be Tickety's, Swiss can only be Tonic's. Black kids will need to be tested for Paterinity. Selene and her daughters are a big part of our herds future.

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Stella & Rapha's kids have lots of nice Promistedland, Sugar Moon & Old Mountain lines. We retained their 2025 doe, Thursday. She is just beautiful. She is long & leggy with graceful movement. She is also quite flashy with her cream moonspots on her dark buckskin coat. This is a worthy repeat breeding. Rapha & Stella complement each other very nicely. It was a hunch last year; this year I have the linear data to back it up. We might even keep another doe if we don't get a Stella x Caurso doe to retain.

Where does Stella need improvement? As we mentioned in the Stella x Caurso match above, her appraisal results indicate she could use improvement in Rear Udder Height & Rear Udder Arch. Her Rump Angle & Width also could use improvement. I am not overly concerned about any of these on Stella. I feel confident Stella will grow into those categories by her next appraisal. The pairing with Rapha is a good one for Stella. Rapha's Dam has a 3 in RUH & x in RUA. Aphrodite also has a beautiful General Appearance that Stella could benefit from. Rapha is also still maturing, and we should see him improve in several categories by his next appraisal. We are extremely happy with Stella & Rapha's 2025 retained doe, Thursday. We cannot wait to get her in the show ring as a dry yearling.